OTTAWA — The more things change in Ottawa, the more they stay the same – at least if you’re Patty Hajdu.
The long-time Liberal cabinet minister retained her seat at the cabinet table, and will remain as Indigenous Services minister in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s transition cabinet.
Carney, who was sworn in as prime minister on Friday at a ceremony in the nation’s capital, unveiled a 24-person cabinet.
Eighteen former ministers did not return, several announcing they don’t plan to run in he next election.
Those ousted from cabinet include Jean-Yves Duclois, Mark Holland, Marc Miller, Karina Gould and Diane Lebouthillier.
Still several familiar faces will return, including Melanie Joly, who will keep the foreign affairs portfolio and Jonathan Wilkinson in natural resources.
Francois-Philippe Champagne is Canada’s new finance minister.
New faces include Toronto’s Ali Ehsassi, who will be the public services and procurement minister, Nova Scotia’s Kody Blois in agriculture and London-area MP Arielle Kayabaga, who is the new government House leader.
Carney chose not to have a deputy prime minister, but did keep the former deputy PM and leadership rival Chrystia Freeland, in cabinet, who was offered the transport file.
In total, Canada’s new prime minister named 24 cabinet ministers, 13 men and 11 women.
Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Marcus Powlowski was not among Carney’s choices.
The prime minster is expected to call an election prior to March 24, when the prorogued Parliament is scheduled to return to the House of Commons.
- Mark Carney, Prime Minister
- Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the King's Privy Council for Canada
- Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development
- François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance
- Anita Anand, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
- Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence
- Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services
- Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
- Ginette Petitpas Taylor, President of the Treasury Board
- Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada and Quebec Lieutenant
- Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
- Kamal Khera, Minister of Health
- Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
- Rechie Valdez, Chief Government Whip
- Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Jobs and Families
- David J. McGuinty, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
- Terry Duguid, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
- Nate Erskine-Smith, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
- Rachel Bendayan, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
- Elisabeth Brière, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency
- Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
- Arielle Kayabaga, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Democratic Institutions
- Kody Blois, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development
- Ali Ehsassi, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Services and Procurement
